Why most men love and most women hate Megan Fox?

I think a part of the answer lies in the question above: Because most men love Megan fox, most women hate her. I think the main reason for the hate is simple: Envy. Women, who are extremely sexy, will always attract the scorn and contempt of other women. Isn't it funny, that we men on the other hand do admire a handsome man's popularity with the ladies, because we rather think what we could do to become like him instead of finding flaws to make him appear as nothing special. In my case, I never envied Brad Pitt at the height of his popularity in the 1990s. I was happy for him, even admired him. He was the male Megan Fox back then, just that he was always the good guy. Megan on the other hand is considered the bad girl by the media. She has tattoos, she has most likely done some surgery, she's blunt and outspoken, never shy to say what she thinks. She's not hesitant to show of her sexy body and be the vixen the media wants her to be. And the men love her and think she's uberhot. And the women hate her and think she's fake. Ok, I'm exaggerating, not everyone thinks that way. But there are many people who react to her the way I described here. I was reading some comments under the video embedded above (which is pretty funny, btw) and here are some typical reactions to her:

Women:

Angeline Jolie is better. Jessica Alba is better. They're so classy and beautiful naturally. Megan Fox looks like a pornstar. [by roseheroine]

I hate to admit, I am jealous of how pretty she is, but then again, she's fake, natural beauty doesnt come with makeup, hair dye, spray on tans, plastic surgery and eye contacts. [by Xrandomnesssable]

Men:

The people moaning about how natural beauty isn't appreciated, aren't naturally beautiful.

Megan Fox is 86x hotter than any of you will ever be, even in your dreams.
[by a155099]

To all the comments saying "she's not hot without any makeup" and shit, f*ck off. I'd f*ck her brains out and so would any straight guy on this planet. [by AnE000002]

To conclude my little observation, let me tell you that I myself am a Megan Fox fan. Hey, I'm a typical guy ;-) I think she's one of the hottest women in the world at this point, only my girlfriend is hotter than her for me (that's obvious). And with all the love for Asian celebrities and models, at this time I can hardly find any girl from the Far East matching up with Megan Fox.

With that said, I urge my female followers to not mind my personal feelings and tell me honestly: Do you like Megan Fox? If you do or if you don't, just explain why, so we can find out why does she divide the genders so much.

[On my blog: Megan Fox straight talk, Megan Fox about white trash]

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Taiwan Scooterland

One thing that will bother you in Taiwan

Taipei is scooterland.

So many people ask me: "Dude, you're only praising Taiwan! WTF is wrong with you? So many things are bad there, I mean WTF?" I reply: "WTF, what is bad? You have great food, friendly people, hot girls, beautiful nature..." And then I'm asked: "How about scooters?" And I'm like: "Oh, that... oh yea, that is annoying. You have a point."

Only a few days in Taiwan and you'll notice that over half of the population rides motorcycles and bicycles or whatever has two (sometimes three) wheels attached to it. The most common among them are scooters. Even though you'll sometimes see a hot girl in high heels rushing by and making you think whoooooaaaaa, that won't make up for the annoyances you'll experience when walking around Taipei's neighborhoods and especially in cities like Banqiao and Xinzhuang.

The most annoying thing is, when someone walks slowly behind you on the sidewalk, literally pushing you to either step aside or walk faster. And that can happen a lot of times during the day. It's also annoying to go to certain night markets, because scooters are everywhere. And if you're new in Taiwan, you'll need few minutes to cross certain roads, because those who ride scooters won't stop for you, they never stop, they just slow down and you need to imagine that you're playing Super Mario and dodge them as if they were enemies from the game.

But for Taiwanese scooters are much more than just means of transportation. Let me show you some pics:

1 Scooters can be family cars

It's not uncommon to see a whole family on a scooter going to night markets, ordering food, eating it on the bike and then rushing off home. The highest number of people I saw on 1 scooter was 5 (father driving, mother behind and 3 kids somewhere in between). Simply amazing!

2 Scooters can be used for sleeping

Saw this guy in Kaohsiung in the morning around 7am. He must have been so tired, so he took a nap on his bike. I only saw that once in Taiwan, but I'm sure it's more common than you think. Taiwanese are workaholics. You'll see guys like him in Europe too, but because they're alcoholics, lol.

3 Scooters can be used to transport or keep pets

This was my dogversation with the dog named Dawg, who called me Dawg, too.

This dawg was seen in Taoyuan and when I saw him, I knew he'll end up on my blog. As you can see, not only is this scooter used for keeping the dog on a leash, it's also used as a store room and a hanger. Taiwanese are very practical. And seeing dogs riding scooters is common in Taiwan, too. Woof woof!

4 Taiwan visitors' feedback:

Shingo T, Singapore, asked me once: "Hey, what's with all the scooters?"

I had to find a way to dodge the question: "Oh yeah, so many scooters, I don't know, man... oh, look, a cute girl! Hey, wanna eat a chicken cutlet?"

I don't know how long I can dodge questions about scooters like this, so I decided to speak out and tell the truth: Taiwan is scooterland! It's worse than India or Southern Italy! So be prepared when you go to Taiwan. Sure, Taiwanese will say: "WTF, scooters are convenient. WTF?" But they're Taiwanese, they can't see what you see, so don't argue with them, it's normal for them, they're born with scooters. Just smile and change the topic to food and you'll avoid a punch in the nose. Anyway... come to Taiwan, you'll have fun! Bubble tea and stinky tofu are waiting for you. ^_^

What you say, stranger?

[All photos by MKL, 2010]

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Gates of Taipei

Introduction of the old gates of Taipei

Taipei, the bustling city of today, used to have a wall with 5 gates a century ago. What remains today are 4 gates, of which only 1 survived in its original form. All gates were constructed between 1879 and 1884 during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. One gate (namely the West Gate) and the wall was destroyed and removed by the Japanese during their occupation of Taiwan (1895-1945) and was never reconstructed. The government of the Republic of China (official name for Taiwan) modified 3 of the 4 remaining gates in 1966 by changing the upper part of the original gates into a northern Chinese style (supposedly to make Taipei more attractive to tourists) and that's why there's only one gate in its original form today (namely the North Gate).

A map of the historic gates of Taipei. Ximen is the only gate that doesn't exist anymore.

1 Timeline of rulers over Taiwan:

Before WWII: [Qing Dynasty 1683-1895][Japanese rule 1895-1945]
After WWII: [Kuomintang 1945-2000][DPP 2000-2008][Kuomintang 2008-]

2 List of the Gates of Taipei (click on links to read my posts):

✰ 北門 Beimen (North Gate)

✰ 南門 Nanmen (South Gate)

✰ 小南門 Xiaonanmen (Little South Gate)

✰ 東門 Dongmen (East Gate)

✰ 西門 Ximen (West Gate)

3 Related posts and more information (in Chinese):

[Gates of Taipei Wikipedia][Gates overview: 城門的建築型式][Blog post with maps]
[Blog post about history of Taipei's walls and gates][NCYU article about the gates]

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My weird Korea experience

Getting stuck in the subway always sucks

Do you ever remember someone you only met once and never before? Yesterday before sleeping I remembered a girl I only met one time and I'm very sorry for what happened. I feel guilty. It was my second day in Seoul, it was morning, maybe around 11 am. I left my hostel to the nearby Hansung University subway station. I wasn't really familiar with the Seoul subway system, a day before I got stuck at the turnstiles in the photo above. I couldn't exit and was trapped inside. At last someone helped me and I was released. I knew it was my mistake, but nobody blamed me, they were all friendly. One young guy came to me, spoke English and helped me to buy the smart card. I went to the hostel relieved.

Then came the next morning. Same station, same turnstiles. This time I try to enter. I tap my card... Nothing. I tap again... Nothing. So I back off a little and let some people go through just to see how they do it. They do it fast: Tap, push turnstile, walk away. Looks so easy. I try again... and fail! I was frustrated and looked helpless. I stood there for a while, when a young girl, who looked like a student in her early twenties, came to me and offered help. She didn't speak English, I didn't speak Korean, but we knew what the problem was. She took my smart card and placed it on the scanner for me. It worked... but... you only have a second to walk through the turnstile, if not it gets stuck again. I didn't know that and instead of walking through quickly, I was thanking her. When I finally tried to walk through, the turnstile got stuck again. And my card was already tapped. Bummer.

So we stood there briefly and while I was wondering what to do, she took out her smart card, tapped it and asked me to go through. This time I wasn't hesitating, I moved fast. Once inside, I gently bowed, said gomawo and tried to somehow apologize with sign language for troubling her. She just smiled a little and looked for something in her purse. She looked a bit embarrassed. I left to the trains and felt really bad, because I didn't want to bother the locals on my trip.

Of course it was partly her fault, too, because she tapped my card very quickly and I wasn't expecting, that the turnstile will get stuck, if I don't move quickly enough. But how could she have known that? She just wanted to help. And she was immediately feeling bad and used her card for me to go through. It was just an unfortunate situation. Later I was thinking, whether she arrived late to her meeting or whether this situation affected whatever plans she had for that day. I hope not. I also wondered, if she had told her friends about a silly foreigner, who didn't know how to tap the card in the subway and made her come late. I'd love to hear her side of the story. But I probably never will.

That's what I was thinking yesterday before sleeping. What a weird experience. Luckily, that never happened to me again, I had no problems on Seoul's subway in the following days. It was one of the best trips I ever went on. I hope the girl is fine, but I wonder, if she'd ever help a foreigner like me again.

[gomawo means thank you][Photo by MKL, 2010]

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Italian bellezza Elisabetta Gregoraci

I always thought Italy has some of the most beautiful women in the world. And I still think so. Like in Taiwan, Italy's TV programs are full of gorgeous ladies. Ok, I admit that the shows are of poor questionable quality, but if you wanna see hot women in skimpy outfits through out the day, tune in to Italian TV. Even their public broadcaster RAI will provide you a daily dose of eye candy. How is all this connected to the hot Italian model Elisabetta Gregoraci, who I want to introduce here?

Elisabetta, who was born 1980, started her career as a model and dancer on TV in the late nineties and later played in various films and dramas, even became the Italian Wonderbra girl (which is not surprising) and made various calendars, that became very popular. She was one of those hot girls on Italian TV, that you would just stare at and drool. Let me show you my favorite photos of her:

Elisabetta is 176cm tall and has a flawless body.


One of her early photos. She looks best with wet hair.

Wondergirl Elisabetta Gregoraci wearing the Wonderbra. Simply wonderful.

Hey eyes and lips are some of her trademarks. So is her chest. More lingrie pics>>

Even though she's hot, she preserves the image of the 'girl next door'.

And now you must think: "Such a sexy woman must date the hottest guys. Is she even available?" Well, she's not. In fact, she's married since 2008 and she gave birth to her first child this year. And now you wonder who's the lucky guy she makes happy with her sexy self? Well, he's rich. And he's not a millionaire, no, he's a billionaire! And he's older. Well, nearly twice as old as Elisabetta. Ok, this is him ...and this and this. You're still doubting? Ok, see this (no, she's not hugging her dad) and if you still don't believe me, then this must be it. Yes, she's married to a very slightly older guy, who may not be in perfect shape, but I'm sure he's got a good character and he's definitely a provider. He's the famous Flavio Briatore, the one who had a baby with Heidi Klum and the one with the Formula 1 shenanigans.

Now I ask you: How do you feel about old rich not so good looking men with much younger sexy model like girlfriends or wives?

I say: Live and let live. To each their own. :-)

[Photo: Source 1, Source 2][HQ photos of Elisabetta (NSFW)][Info source]

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